Show I 1 washington i I 1 NEWS LETTER iby I 1 ry congressman GRANGER I 1 V y the one thing that has berha perhaps p s caused the greatest stir in washington since general Eisen howers return is the exhibit of life size photographs of the horrors of the german prison camps at the library of congress this exhibit is entitled lest we forget the pictures are reproductions of actual photographs taken by army photographers at the camps they clearly picture the results of every means of extermination used by the germans whether by beatings administered by SS guards guard by starvation by strangulation by fire or through vivisection in the name of germ german an science there is even one picture showing the collection of one wife of an SS guard who ho made hobby of collecting the skins of persons whenever a prisoner had a distinctive tattoo he was taken before this lady and it if she wanted that tattoo to add to her collection the prisoner was killed and skinned to satisfy her the exhibit accomplishes its purpose in making us aware of the type of people our men had to fight which was general Elsen Eisen howers desire when he saw those atrocities such crimes against human decency could have occurred only in a nation whose people had lost all democratic rights but the political philosophy to which the german people succumbed suc combed had its roots deep in german history the myth of the master race the urge for world domination the belief in german military invincibility were part and parcel of the tradition travel those of us who are in large railroad centers and see the conditions condit ioni under which returning veterans must sometimes travel for long distances realize that it was de mandatory that the office of defense transportation prohibit pullman travel on trips of miles or less this ruling went into effect sunday arid and will provide sleeping space for far soldiers nightly it was announced by the pullman company cutting the pullmans from the short trips will alone makes some more cars available this may meet the demand but it is predicted here that if this his t cut does not provide sufficient space to care for these veterans then civilian travel will be cut further although the railroads of course are trying tu to avoid priority travel national service insurance the life of national service life insurance policies originally set at five years rs was extended to eight years through legislation signed by president truman benefits to members of the armed forces carrying policies were extended automatically until dec 31 1948 premium rates remain unchanged |